Ops to exhume skeletal remains ends with finding of seven more bodies

Bernama
June 8, 2015 07:50 MYT
The latest findings bring the total number of bodies found to date to 106. - Bernama Photo
Operations to exhume and remove the skeletal remains of victims of human trafficking that began on May 25 came to an end Monday.
Malaysian police said seven more shrouded bodies were found in seven graves at Bukit Genting Perah around 2.10 pm and were brought down at 5.55pm, Monday via Felcra Lubuk Sireh.
The latest findings bring the total number of bodies found to date to 106.
"With the latest discovery, operations to exhume the remains carried out by the police comprising forensic experts, the criminal investigation department and the General Operations Force came to an end Monday," the police said in a statement here.
Yesterday, 31 graves were discovered but only 30 skeletal remains were found (one grave was empty). The remains were removed from the site of the graves at Bukit Genting Perah via Felcra Lubuk Sireh.
On June 5, 14 shrouded skeletal remains were exhumed from 12 graves (two graves had remains of two people) in the forest reserve of Mata Ayer and yesterday 20 shrouded remains were found in 20 graves at the same site.
Prior to that 35 corpses and human skeletons were removed from Bukit Wang Burma.
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